Stephen Chow’s Birthday: Bringing laughter to the world, I keep my sadness to myself

A few days ago, on June 22, Stephen Chow turned 58 years old.

From a little-known walk-on to a comedy superstar who has contributed countless classics.

The once young and youthful boy is now covered with silver hair.

He tried his best to make everyone laugh, but he was the only one who was never treated kindly by life.

When I was a kid, I would laugh when I watched his movies; when I grow up, I would cry when I watch his movies. Because of that comedian who makes everyone laugh, his life has always been a mess.

Stephen Chow said: "Actually, I am a tragic actor. My best scene is myself."

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The best scene in life A scene

When he was 7 years old, Stephen Chow directed and acted in his first scene. The only audience in this scene was his mother.

On June 22, 1962, Stephen Chow was born in the largest slum area in Hong Kong.

It has been very difficult for him since childhood. His parents divorced when he was 7 years old.

My mother struggled to make ends meet with him and his older sister, even having to work two jobs alone.

The "Pig Cage Walled City" in the movie "Kung Fu" was based on the apartment where Stephen Chow lived when he was a child.

Because the three children are all growing, no matter how difficult it is, the mother will find ways to buy them some meat every week.

Stephen Chow was always acting up at that time, vomiting in the bowl after two bites. His sister and sister were not willing to eat it, and his mother was reluctant to waste it, so she had to eat the rest of the food. For this matter, Stephen Chow had no choice but to Get beaten.

Once, my mother had not been paid for two months, so she borrowed some money from here and there to buy chicken drumsticks for the three sisters.

He took a few bites again and then "accidentally" dropped the chicken legs on the ground. His mother was angry and distressed, so she picked up the cane and whipped him more than a dozen times, crying while beating him: "I want you to Naughty, you don’t know how to cherish it!”

After crying for a long time, my mother picked up the chicken legs and couldn’t bear to throw them away. She rinsed them with water and ate them.

In 2001, when Stephen Chow and his mother were recording a TV show together, the truth about this past incident was finally revealed.

Mother Zhou said kindly: "He was so naughty at that time! He had no idea how hard it was to get this meal, and he didn't know how to cherish it."

Stephen Chow: "What a few days ago During the New Year, you left all the good things to us. If I didn't drop the chicken legs on the ground on purpose, would you be willing to eat them?"

After saying this, both mother and son were in tears.

Later he said: "Although I have acted in countless dramas, I would like to say that my best drama was when I was seven years old."

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If a person has no dreams, what is the difference between him and a salted fish?

The young Stephen Chow was a very taciturn and introverted child.

When I was 10 years old, I would habitually hide behind my mother when facing strangers and would not dare to come forward. I can't believe that such a shy kid turned out to be a world-famous actor.

After graduating from high school, he began to join the society. He worked in court, as an office assistant, and as a power plant worker.

Later, he and his friend Tony Leung applied for TVB’s acting class together.

As a result, Tony Leung was immediately spotted by TVB executives and quickly became popular, while Stephen Chow got his wish after failing twice.

He wanted to act, but TVB did not give him this opportunity and only gave him a job as a host. Unfortunately, his hosting was very bad, very boring, and very embarrassing.

The Hong Kong media, which has always been vicious, said of him: "How can he be an actor when he is so bad at hosting?"

He did this job for 6 years, from 20 to 26 years old.

During that period of a person’s most passionate youth, six years were wasted on this job that he didn’t like.

He cut out the newspaper and stuck it on the wall to stimulate himself.

When I wash my face and brush my teeth every day, I shout to myself in the mirror: "Work hard! Strive!"

In those 6 years when Tony Leung began to gradually become successful in the film industry During the year, Stephen Chow could only secretly go to the crew to pick up a few small roles after work.

In "The King of Comedy", Yin Tianchou's dialogue with the heroine refers to his own six years: "Miss, if you insist on calling me a sidekick, can you not add a 'die' 'The word is in front? "

Although he has no chance to come forward, he is still thinking about his acting skills during his break.

Even if he is playing a dead person, he still has to think about the layering of the performance.

In the 1983 version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he had to play a Jin soldier. In the next scene, he was beaten to death by Mei Chaofeng.

Before the performance, he took the initiative to discuss with the assistant director: "I think this setting is unreasonable. How can it be possible to kill a person at once? Can I block it with my hand first, and then strike with the second palm?" Die?"

This suggestion was ruthlessly rejected by the director, who warned him: "If you make trouble again, don't act."

Although the reality is sometimes ruthless, Stephen Chow remains the same. He did not give up on his dream and continued to wait silently for his day to come forward.

Every little person who works hard for their dreams in ordinary life may be the next Stephen Chow.

Later, director Er Dongsheng made the movie "I Am a Passerby" to pay tribute to Stephen Chow. The protagonist in the movie never gives up chasing his dreams no matter how hard it is.

The night is very dark tonight, but please persist, the sun will rise for you tomorrow morning.

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After playing countless dead bodies and playing countless supporting roles, he finally got a heavyweight "supporting role".

In 1988, Stephen Chow won the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for "Pioneer of Thunder".

His acting career has only begun to get on the right track. After six years of continuous learning and thinking, Stephen Chow has carved out his own path, and his nonsensical style has subverted the Chinese film industry.

In 1990, he used nonsensical acting methods, a fascinating plot, and exaggerated and funny details in "The Gambler". In the end, the movie became a hit and broke the Hong Kong box office record.

Then he starred in the "Gambler" and "Truant Dragon" series of movies.

Together with Chow Yun-fat and Jackie Chan, he is known as the "Double Monday Success". As long as a movie has his participation, it is equivalent to a box office guarantee.

He always smiles so happily in the play, and others think he really can’t cry. As director Wang Jing said: "People who can really make comedies are precisely pessimistic people."

Although Stephen Chow has achieved great success in his career, he is still a loser in love.

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Once upon a time, now, never again

As early as 1990, Stephen Chow was asked by reporters when he would get married. At that time, Stephen Chow's career had just started and he looked full of energy. He said: "Get married only when your career is successful."

Today, he has already succeeded in his career, but he is still single.

Over the years, the media has also exposed many of his romantic relationships. However, none of them seem to have a good ending.

Stephen Chow’s ex-girlfriend is named Yu Wenfeng. But that was twenty years ago.

In 1997, Yu Wenfeng broke into Stephen Chow's life as a movie fan. She admired Stephen Chow very much and later succeeded in becoming his girlfriend.

Yu Wenfeng is good at financial management. In the ten years they were together, she created a lot of wealth for Stephen Chow. Yu Wenfeng is indeed Stephen Chow's good wife. In 1999, she joined Stephen Chow's "Xinghui" company as a director and took charge of financial power.

With her help, Stephen Chow made huge gains in investment and his net worth skyrocketed.

When the two were photographed holding hands in December 2007, they were called "the drag of the century" by the media. He gently took her hand and led her across the street.

Suddenly no longer hiding from the "paparazzi", everyone thought that Stephen Chow was about to do something good and was building momentum for the wedding. Unexpectedly, what awaited was the news that the two regretfully broke up.

Further back a few weeks ago, Stephen Chow’s “girlfriend” is his long-time rumored girlfriend Karen Mok. In the four years from 1995 to 1999, Karen Mok participated in many heroines in Stephen Chow's movies.

Mok Wenwei sacrificed a lot for Stephen Chow's movie.

In "The God of Cookery", Karen Mok starred as a turkey. Not only do you have to put on ugly makeup, but you also have to put things in your mouth to achieve the effect of buck teeth.

For a girl to agree to wear such ugly makeup, it shows that Stephen Chow is really important to her. Unfortunately, the relationship ended without any problems.

Before Karen Mok, there was Zixia Fairy Zhu Yin.

In 1992, Zhu Yin and Stephen Chow met on the set of "Fight Back to School 2". The 19-year-old her and the 28-year-old him looked so well matched.

A few years later, the sadomasochistic relationship between Zhizunbao and Fairy Zixia ravaged the hearts of thousands of boys and girls.

Faced with the sad ending in the movie, everyone’s expectations for Zhizunbao and Zixia were projected onto Stephen Chow and Zhu Yin.

But sometimes, reality may not be what you want.

The two still failed to make it to the end.

In an interview, Zhu Yin said, "I have been in love with him for many years, and I don't know how many times I cried." She said the reason for "breaking up" was that "the other party was not mature enough and insecure."

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“There was once a sincere love in front of me, but I didn’t cherish it. I only regretted it when I lost it.

The most painful thing in the world is this. You Cut my throat with your sword! No need to hesitate!

If God can give me another chance,

I will say three things to that girl. Words: "I love you,

If I have to add a time limit to this love, I hope it is... ten thousand years. ”

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I am just a mortal

In October 2011, Karen Mok and her foreign boyfriend held a wedding in Italy.

One year Later, Zhu Yin also registered her marriage with Huang Guanzhong.

After many years, the two rumored girlfriends also found a good destination, and those emotional involvements became insignificant and disappeared in the years. .

There is a line in the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Monsters" directed by Stephen Chow: "Only when you have experienced pain can you realize the suffering of all living beings; when you have been persistent, let go of it; when you have been concerned, no more worries. . ”

This is a state, and I am just a mortal.

At the promotion site of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Monsters", a reporter asked Stephen Chow: Do you personally have any regrets about the past? No? He said: "I am just a mortal. ”

There were too many persistences in Stephen Chow’s life.

He was obsessed with his career and neglected his love.

He was obsessed with the pursuit of art. , so he often gets angry when actors can't produce the effects they want. Therefore, actors and crew members who have filmed with him always like to secretly call him "the tyrant on the set."

From acting, Stunts, dialogue, color matching, and even sound effects must all meet his requirements. So the screenwriter is afraid of him, the director is afraid of him, the actors are afraid of him... everyone is afraid of him.

Paranoid. It made Stephen Chow a success, but it also gradually reduced him to a "lonely man".

When filming "Kung Fu", Sammo Hung was invited to be the martial arts director. On the first day, the two had already planned how to shoot, but he When he woke up, he denied everything that had not been filmed and what had been filmed.

Sammo Hung once scolded him: "You can't just think that you are a human being and everyone else is a dog!" "

The two broke up on bad terms. Therefore, when Xiang Tai attacked Stephen Chow, celebrities from all walks of life came forward to support him. At that time, there was almost no one around him.

Amid the scoldings of his former friends and the incomprehension of the world, Stephen Chow grew old alone.

It seems that overnight, the "star boy" who brought us countless joys became a full-fledged man. The white-haired "Master Xing".

Faced with countless slanders and abuses, Stephen Chow will also feel lonely, unlike in the movie, he just laughs and gets over it.

After all, he is also lonely. He is just a mortal.

He is the kid from the slums of Hong Kong, the cannon fodder who was "swatted to death" on TV, the loser in love, and a mortal.

< p> He made others laugh, but only hurt himself.